Blocked Party

After 3 failed attempts, we finally get Alistair Ogden (comedian) on the show to discuss one of our more involved Block Tales of all-time, as he takes an Instagram scammer WAY further into the weeds than they likely ever expected to go. And you know that we go all the way into the weeds too, as Producer Dan is away for this episode and the boys have to try and operate the boards themselves. It turns out to be a successful operation, as the episode sounds great and we feel great as we discuss food poisoning (our own this time), crying, Don Cherry's podcast, and we consider radical leg-lengthening surgery. John also talks about the commercial he was supposed to do for A&W, Alistair briefs us on his wholesome online uncle, and Stefan helps John go viral with a post type he's talked about on the show many times before.   If you want to more tips on how to go viral, you can check out our Patreon over at patreon.com/blockedparty, where $5/month gets you access to THREE bonus episodes every month. This week, Gavin Matts returns to the show to discuss John getting blocked by NHL analyst Kevin Weekes, and this Friday, it's another live Zoom show as Stefan and Dan fête John for his BP Bachelor Party. There will be guests and surprises John has no idea about, and you can only get in by being a patron at any level, so check it out!   Alistair Ogden is a comedian who hosts a monthly show in Vancouver called Comedypants. You can follow him on Instagram at @alistairogden and on Twitter at @alistairstuff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tin Lorica (comedian) joins the show to tell us about the time their roommate just simply had to be ghosted, and John reveals his thoughts on the story and potentially blows the whole thing wide open for Tin. And that's not the only spot we blow up this week, as we go super long talking about who gets to keep the cats in a breakup, Boston Pizza, picking the right anime for John, and the weird Eminem/Minions thing. Plus, we get into Tin's newfound presence on dating apps, great insults on Twitter, the best excuses, and Stefan wins $1 million on Howell Dawdy's show.   If you want to feel like you just won a million bucks, you can head on over to patreon.com/blockedparty, where donating just $5/month will get you access to a massive back catalogue of bonus content that will leave you feeling wonderful for weeks. This week, we've got another super secret bonus episode for the $8 Tier and above, and John will celebrate his Blocked Bachelor Party with our next live show on May 20th, which is exclusive to patrons. He has no clue what's gonna happen and Stefan and Dan got the whole thing planned. It's gonna be great. You also get merch discounts, access to the Discord, and more! So check it out.   Tin Lorica is a comedian whose first live TV appearance is available now on CBC Gem. You can follow them on Twitter and Instagram at @selfiemixtape. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aaron Read (comedian) joins the show to tell us about a time he got blocked for politely asking a Vancouver bagel shop to change their notoriously bad work environment. Why change anything when you can just block people who complain? We find their Glassdoor reviews and go deep on that as well as DVD Easter Eggs, Mad Magazine parodies, and we eat some intense Dutch licorice. Plus, we get into "rise and grind" Instagrams, tarts, Aaron meets Peep This Out, and John wins 10 pounds of fresh lobster.   If you want 10 pounds of fresh content, head on over to patreon.com/blockedparty, where $5/month gets you access to THREE bonus episodes every single month. This week, Maddy Kelly joins us for the first episode of "Stefan the City: And John's Like That", the start of our quest to watch all 10 episodes of the new Sex and the City show. It is not great, but the episode is very fun and will be out this week. Plus, we've got a patron-only Zoom show coming up May 20th, merch discounts on our new shirt available tomorrow, and MORE!   Aaron Read is a comedian and musician whose new EP, "RIP Fred 1998" is dropping soon on Bandcamp. You can see him every Sunday in Vancouver at the Fox Cabaret for The Sunday Service and you can follow him on Twitter at @freddykuerig and on Instagram @clear.dog.food. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John’s out this week which means Stefan’s in charge. Which means the episode might not get uploaded. But assuming it does, Stefan is joined by guest host Jesse Farrar (YKS, Go Off Kings) and their friend Greg (@weedguy420boner) as they discuss a guy’s big poop, try to contact the spirit of Paul Walker on TikTok, and listen to Producer Dan fart into his fart mic. Greg also regales us with a Block Tale concerning Weird Twitter and the BTK Killer. Will Stefan remember all the segment names? Will Jesse ever come back on the show? And will Stefan remember to submit the episode description to John in time? All this and a guy’s big poop on this week’s ep!   If you don't want to step in a big pile of poop, you should help out the show by donating to the Blocked Boys at patreon.com/blockedparty, where $5/month gets you access to THREE bonus episodes every single month. This week, it's going to be a Canadian Education episode as Stefan and John are finally reunited to introduce a piece of Canadiana to our friend Michael Hale. Plus we've got a super-secret Discord, ad-free episodes, and more. So check it out, ya dummy!   Jesse Farrar hosts the podcast Your Kickstarter Sucks and the Twitch stream Go Off Kings, which can be found at twitch.tv/gooffkings. You can follow him on Twitter at @Bronzehammer. Greg has a Twitter also, which you can follow at @weedguy420boner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christine Bortolin (comedian) returns to the show for a third time and in a weird role reversal is she is in studio but Stefan isn't, as he hosts the show remotely from Ontario. His connection is poor but his takes are strong as Christine shows us what it's like to run a music venue's social media when a musician's fans get weird. But it's ok because we get weird as hell too, talking about cheese curds, Brazilian butt lifts, gravity bongs, white-out, and marking papers. Plus, Christine tells us all about her days writing anime fan fiction, Stefan guests on Howell Dawdy's Fast Track, we discuss our favourite niche meme accounts, and the Blocked Boys become the focus of a podcast that makes fun of other podcasts.   If you want to focus more on THIS podcast, you can head on over to patreon.com/blockedparty, where $5/month gets you access to THREE bonus episodes every single month. This week, it's a special John and Becca bonus episode, as they answer your questions about love, sex, and relationships. Mostly about their own relationship, really, but it's a good time. We also have merch discounts, a great Discord, and much more, so head on over and check it out!   Christine Bortolin is a comedian, writer, and director whose work you can find by checking out her Instagram at @theonlybortolin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's a double dose of different on the pod this week as Stefan attends to a family situation so our friend Chris James fills in as a guest host, and we have our first-ever poet on the program, as one of Canada's finest poets, Shane Koyczan, joins us on the show. The episode starts with a poetic bang as Shane gives John easily the most intense "Start the Party!" directions he's ever received, and it only goes on from there as we wonder at just how Shane, who is a devoted listener, even got into Blocked Party in the first place. That aside, the Block Tale absolutely delivers as Shane encounters a fan on Facebook who writes one of the more bizarre screeds in the comments we've ever seen on this show and Chris and John give a dramatic reenactment of it. We also get into returning to live shows, writing poetry during the pandemic, and our usual nonsense like curling video games, a great license plate, terrible stadium food, and Shane introduces us to the "Democracy Manifest" incident.   If you also know your Judo well, you can head on over to patreon.com/blockedparty to THROW us a few bucks (Judo joke) and support the program. In return for that support, you can get wonderful things like the THREE bonus episodes we do every single month, like the Mailbag coming your way this week. Plus we've got the famed $100 Club which gets you access to secret bonus eps, merch discounts, a super-exclusive Discord channel, and a Cameo from Stefan and John. It's a delight, so check it out.   Shane Koyczan is a poet who is returning to the road for some tour dates which you can find on his website at shanekoyczan.com. You can follow him on Twitter at @koyczan and on Instagram at @shane_koyczan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John and Stefan return from John's bachelor party weekend and lived to tell the tale, as we welcome Cody Johnston (Some More News) onto the show to tell HIS tale, about being blocked by John Mayer on Tumblr of all places. We get into Cody's recurring bit on Jay May, as he calls him, and how it led to the eventual block, as well as how it spawned a lot of camaraderie in his DMs from Mayer fans and haters alike. And of course we talk about the most low-key bachelor party in history, as John and Stefan recount the tales of playing FIFA, poker, and Biñho, and the weirdness of their Air BnB, which was essentially a repurposed wedding venue that was set up when they arrived to host a wedding. Plus! Machine Gun Kelly, weirdo bowling animations, stealing food, and the greatest sports announcer moment in recent memory.   If you want to enjoy more great moments, please head on over to patreon.com/blockedparty to support the show AND receive THREE bonus episodes every single month. Last week, we released a hangout episode with Tom Walker and Demi Lardner, and this month will see the release of our new bonus series where we cover the new Sex and the City show. Plus we've got ad-free episodes, a great Discord, merch discounts, and more!   Cody Johnston is the host of Some More News and Even More News, weekly shows that can be found on their YouTube page and your podcast app. His other podcast, The Worst Year Ever, can be found wherever you get your pods. You can follow Cody on Twitter at @drmistercody. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sarah Pappalardo (Reductress) joins the show to tell us about where they do most of their trolling: Facebook. And on that Facebook? A former friend who took a wild turn during COVID and who ends up blocking and unblocking Sarah to continue name-calling. The rest of the episode is much less feisty though, as we talk about being a cat parent, the weirdo "you should own a house by now" tweets, insane hockey names, Jeff Foxworthy, microwaves, and Sarah reveals the insane podcast they'd like to start with their mom. If you want more of THIS insane podcast, you can head on over to patreon.com/blockedparty, where $5/month gets you access to THREE bonus episodes every single month, including this week, a very special hangout episode as we get together with Tom Walker and Demi Lardner. You also get access to our Discord, merch discounts, and an opportunity to get a Cameo from Stefan and John! It's a great thing. Sarah Pappalardo is an editor and one of the founders of Reductress, a fake news magazine for women. You can buy Reductress merch at shop.reductress.com, and you can follow Sarah on Twitter at @yourpappalardo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paul Bae (The Big Loop, Black Tapes) returns to the show to a surprise when Producer Dan informs him that he has actually BLOCKED Dan on Twitter! It's the first time we've ever had the Blocker and the Blockee meet face-to-face, and it turns out Dan found himself on a blocklist. Paul runs us through why he used a blocklist in the first place, and you'll have to tune in to see if Paul shows ultimate character and unblocks Dan live on the show. Elsewhere, we revisit our past episode hijinks with Paul, as John gives Paul an update on his ass, and Stefan rejigs his previous top 3, where he said he would most want tomato paste if he were trapped after an earthquake. We also talk about more disaster foods, John potentially having COVID, Friday's livestream, screenwriting Twitter, and LL Cool J.   If you want to be as cool as Mr. LL, you can become a donor to the show at patreon.com/blockedparty, where $5/month gets you access to THREE bonus episodes every single month. This week, we've got a hangout episode with Tom and Demi and we've got lots of other fun stuff over there including a sweet Discord, merch discounts, top-secret extra bonus episodes, and the opportunity to get a Cameo from John and Stefan! It's all there and it's all a great way to help support this show.   Paul Bae is a writer and podcaster whose podcasts, "The Black Tapes" and "The Big Loop" are available wherever you get your pods. His book, "You Suck, Sir" is a hilarious collection of anecdotes from Paul's days as a teacher, and you can also follow him on Twitter at @MrPaulBae. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The boys are back in town, and this time that's quite literal, as Derek and dril are in Vancouver to join the Blocked Boys live in BPHQ. And this episode is about what you'd expect from this foursome, as an innocent conversation about hotpot turns to Rule 34, where we learn it has a comments section (bad) and what the top 10 searches on the site are (worse). After a lengthy discussion, we move onto monkey movies, Eminem lyrics, saline injections, reply guys, and dril gets blocked by Dog the Bounty Hunter for saying he would like to breastfeed him.    If you want to get fed more of this sweet content, head on over to patreon.com/blockedparty, where $5/month gets you THREE bonus episodes every single month. This week, Lauren L. Walker returns to the show for a Canadian Education Programme episode, and this FRIDAY, John and Stefan are gonna be streaming for 6 hours straight in the first-ever Blocked Slumber Party for WAVAW. We're gonna be playing some fun games and hanging out with some fun friends, raising money for a great cause and holding a raffle where the grand prize is getting to GUEST ON THIS SHOW! Cool.   Derek and dril can be followed on Twitter, and look out for their new show on NBC, coming in 18 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices